"I'm very pleased with the progress," Chizik said. "It was a practice where they tried to be physical. I thought today was good start with half-pads.

"Being physical is what our emphasis is every day and they tried to take that from the meeting rooms out to the field. I think the younger guys, it got their attention a little bit when they realized what's happening and how fast the game moves. I thought the whole team embraced the concept of being physical today and they tried to do it."

**Florida transfer Mike Blakely said a few weeks ago the NCAA denied his waiver to play this season. Chizik said he's not completely ruled him out.

"I'm not going to put a percentage on it, but when we know there's no more chance, we'll let you know."

**Offensive line coach Jeff Grimes has two of the prized freshmen in Christian Westerman and Greg Robinson.

"Their heads are spinning. They are a little bit lost at times. However, they're not allowing that to slow them down," Grimes said. "They may not block the right guy, but they're going to block the wrong guy hard if they can."

Robinson said he's playing left tackle. He's big enough to do it at 6-foot-6, 312 pounds.

**Defensive back coach Tommy Thigpen had good things to say about his freshmen. He also had good things to say about sophomore walk-on Trent Fisher, the son of former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher.

"He always where he is supposed to be," Thigpen said. "He has a role on this football team."

Fisher's role may begin on the special teams.

**Wide receiver Travante Stallworth is coming back from a knee injury.

"Travante has done a good job. He really has. He's excited about a chance to be out there and be a starter," said receivers coach Trooper Taylor.

**Auburn signed five freshman defensive linemen. Coach Mike Pelton is working them.

"They're young, but they want to work. They took their lumps, but they answered," he said.